Best Jonathan Strahan Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 177: Jonathan Strahan – New Adventures in Space Opera 36:20

2h ago36:20

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A chat with award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan about his new anthology from Tachyon, New Adventures in Space Opera. Websitejonathanstrahan.com.au/wp/ X@JonathanStrahan Bluesky@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social Facebook@jonathanstrahan Amazon Links for New Adventures in Space OperaAmazon.caAmazon.com About the Book Award-winning Australian science-fict…

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Episode 657: Being Alvaro and Michael 1:05:14

1h ago1:05:14

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We're delighted to welcome a distinguished pair of guests, the legendary Michael Swanwick and writer and critic Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, whose book-length interview Being Michael Swanwick explores Michael’s entire career, and whose debut novel Equimedian has been described as a love letter to the SF of the '70s and '80s. As usual, we wander a bit, discu…

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Episode 176: Tobias S. Buckell & Dave Klecha – Runes of Engagement 40:52

11d ago40:52

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A chat with Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha about their new humorous collaborative fantasy novel, Runes of Engagement. WebsitesTobias S. BuckellDave Klecha Bluesky@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social@daveklecha.bsky.social Instagram@daveklecha Threads@daveklecha Tobias S. Buckell’s Amazon Page Amazon Links for Runes of EngagementAmazon.caAmazon.com About t…

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Episode 175: Lynne Shaner – Journey to Everland Bay 37:22

13d ago37:22

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A chat with author Lynne Shaner about her debut fantasy novel, Journey to Everland Bay. Websitelynneshaner.com Facebook Threads@lynne.shaner Lynne Shaner’s Amazon Page Amazon Links for Journey to Everland BayAmazon.caAmazon.com About the Book A Heroine’s Journey for our times. Jemma Avalon, an unconventional mage-in-training, longs to return to Eve…

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Episode 656: Stop us if you've heard this one before 58:44

14d ago58:44

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For any listeners who have missed our longstanding tradition of almost unfettered rambling, we turn our attention this week to the questions of how and why certain novels and writers seem to hold up better than others, how younger readers can enjoy some older classics while completely tuning out others, and the difference between books that celebra…

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Episode 174: Adrian Tchaikovsky – Service Model 42:14

20d ago42:14

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A chat with critically acclaimed award-winning British author Adrian Tchaikvosky about his latest science fiction novel, Service Model. Websiteadriantchaikovsky.com X@aptshadow Mastadon@aptshadow Threads@aptshadow Bluesky@aptshadow.bsky.social Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Amazon Page Amazon Links for Service ModelAmazon.caAmazon.com About the Book Murderbo…

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Episode 655: Kaaron Warren and the Underhistory of things 55:02

23d ago55:02

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Multiple Aurealis, Ditmar, and Shirley Jackson award winner Kaaron Warren joins us for this week’s episode, along with old friend of Coode Street and fellow Locus reviewer Ian Mond, mostly to discuss Kaaron’s wonderful new novel The Underhistory, how it does or doesn’t align with traditional genre categories, and what such categories mean anyway. I…

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Episode 173: Ann Charles – Time Reaping in Deadwood 39:39

26d ago39:39

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A chat with USA Today-bestselling author Ann Charles about Time Reaping in Deadwood, the latest installment in her popular humorous mystery/fantasy series. Websiteanncharles.com Facebook@AnnCharlesAuthorPage X@AnnWCharles Instagram@Ann_Charles Pinterest@AnnWCharles Anne Charles’s Amazon Page Amazon Links for Time Reaping in DeadwoodAmazon.caAmazon.…

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Episode 654: Paolo Bacigalupi and the Road to Navola 1:15:51

1M ago1:15:51

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The distinguished Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Locus Award winner Paolo Bacigalupi joins us this week to talk about his forthcoming historical fantasy Navola, as well as the challenges of shifting from a focus on environmental SF to epic fantasy, the liberation that comes from being able to invent a world (and partly a language) that echoes Flo…

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Episode 172: Brian Nelson – The Great Unmaking 41:46

1M ago41:46

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A chat with critically acclaimed Amazon-bestselling thriller author Brian Nelson about The Great Unmaking, Book 3 in his trilogy, The Course of Empire. Websitebriannelsonbooks.com Facebook@BrianNelsonTheAuthor Brian Nelson’s Amazon Page Amazon Links for The Great UnmakingAmazon.caAmazon.com About the Book A propulsive, mind-expanding thriller—and t…

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Episode 653: Lev Grossman and The Bright Sword 58:14

1M ago58:14

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We’re delighted to welcome to Coode Street Lev Grossman, bestselling author of The Magicians trilogy, to discuss his major new Arthurian novel The Bright Sword, which appears from Viking in July. We touch upon earlier versions of Arthurian fiction by T.H. White, John Steinbeck, Bernard Cornwell, Nicola Griffith, and others, the balance between hist…

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Episode 652: Ellen Klages and the Ham in Jeopardy 19:42

2M ago19:42

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For this special short episode, Jonathan and Gary are joined by an old friend, Nebula and World Fantasy winner Ellen Klages, who recently gained an entirely new kind of recognition when she appeared on the long-running TV quiz show Jeopardy and recalled the “scary ham” story, which she first improvised at a Nebula ceremony ten years ago, when calle…

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Episode 171: Samantha Mills – The Wings Upon Her Back 41:27

1M ago41:27

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A chat with Locus, Sturgeon, and Nebula Award-winning author Samantha Mills about her debut novel, The Wings Upon Her Back. Websitesamtasticbooks.com Instagram@samtasticbooks Bluesky@samtasticbooks Goodreads Amazon Links for The Wings Upon Her BackAmazon.caAmazon.com About the Book In this gripping debut novel from acclaimed Nebula, Sturgeon, and L…

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Episode 170: Thomas R. Weaver – Artificial Wisdom 43:05

2M ago43:05

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A chat with successful startup and tech entrepreneur Thomas R. Weaver about his award-winning debut techno-thrillerl, Artificial Wisdom. Websitethomasrweaver.com X@tom_weaver Facebook@thomasrweaver.fiction Instagram@tom_weaver Threads@tom_weaver TikTok@thomasr.weaver Amazon Links for Artificial WisdomAmazon.caAmazon.com About the Book In 2050, the …

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Episode 651: Vajra Chandrasekera and The Saint of Bright Doors 57:10

2M ago57:10

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This episode is a wide-ranging discussion with two important guests: the brilliant Vajra Chandrasekera, whose amazing first novel The Saint of Bright Doors is currently nominated for both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and whose even more adventurous Rakesfall will be published in June, and our old friend, the excellent critic, reviewer and fellow podcast…

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Episode 169: Sara Wolf – Heavenbreaker 40:42

2M ago40:42

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A chat with New York Times-bestselling author Sara Wolf (the Lovely Vicious and Bring Me Their Hearts series) about Heavenbreaker, her new science fiction novel. Websiteauthorsarawolf.com Substackswolf.substack.com X@Sara_Wolf Instagram@authorsarawolf Sara Wolf’s Amazon Page Amazon Links for HeavenbreakerAmazon.caAmazon.com About the Book Bravery i…

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Episode 650: Tobi Ogundiran and the Guardian of the Gods 57:44

2M ago57:44

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Gary and Jonathan are joined by Tobi Ogundiran, whose novella In the Shadow of the Fall is the first of the “Guardian of the Gods,” and whose first story collection Jackal, Jackal, was published to considerable acclaim last year. Winner of the Ignyte and nominee for the BSFA, and Shirley Jackson awards, Tobi discusses growing up in Nigeria reading …

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Episode 168: Dan Flanigan – An American Tragedy 39:37

2M ago39:37

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A chat with novelist, playwright, poet (and practicing lawyer) Dan Flanigan about An American Tragedy, third book in his Peter O’Keefe crime-fiction series. Websitedanflaniganbooks.com Facebook@eAuthorDanFlanigan X@_DanFlanigan Dan Flanigan’s Amazon Page Amazon Links for An American TragedyAmazon.comAmazon.ca About the Book No good deed goes unpubl…

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Episode 649: Nghi Vo and The Brides of High Hill 55:54

3M ago55:54

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This week, we’re joined by the wonderful Nghi Vo, whose The Brides of High Hill is out this week. It’s the fifth of her ongoing “Singing Hills” sequence of novellas about the peripatetic Cleric Chih and their sharp-tongued companion hoopoe, Almost Brilliant. We discuss how Nghi has made use of different storytelling modes throughout the series, her…

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Episode 648: Genre, marketing, and more 1:04:46

3M ago1:04:46

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This week Jonathan and Gary start out with something resembling a topic: the proliferation of subgenres, movements, and marketing categories in SF and fantasy: from the evolution of space opera in SF to the rise of epic fantasy (and Ballantine’s earlier term “adult fantasy”), as well as consciously developed movements such as the New Wave, cyberpun…

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Episode 647: Oh no, not us again... 1:00:37

3M ago1:00:37

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Once again with no guest to give us focus, Jonathan and Gary return to rambling mode, spurred on by the observation that voting for the 2024 Hugo Awards is now open. This leads to our ongoing discussion of what the Hugo Awards do and do not represent, why voting for your favorite works is important even if you haven’t read all the nominees, what ma…

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Episode 646: Peter S. Beagle and a Life Filled With Story 1:00:37

3M ago1:00:37

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This week we are joined by the legendary author of The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle, who discusses his new novel I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (published next month by Saga Press & Gollancz), as well as his storied career, his pals from childhood, influential writers such as Robert Nathan and Avram Davidson, and last year’s important retrospective…

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Episode 645: Jack Dann and Fifty Years of Wandering Stars 54:36

3M ago54:36

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On the fiftieth anniversary of his groundbreaking anthology Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy, we’re joined by the terrific author and editor Jack Dann. During our conversation, we mention his new collection Islands of Time—published almost exactly 50 years after his first book— as well as his The Fiction Writer’s …

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Episode 644: Cozy books and a prickly writer 1:06:48

4M ago1:06:48

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This time out, Jonathan and Gary consider the meaning of "cozy" (or "cosy") SF and fantasy, and whether cozy horror is even a thing. We trace the term back to cozy mystery novels and Brian W. Aldiss’s characterization of certain British writers of the 1950s—especially John Wyndham—as "cozy catastrophes". Not surprisingly, this doesn’t lead to any m…

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Episode 643: All Time Top 5s 1:02:22

5M ago1:02:22

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Somewhat hesitantly, Jonathan and Gary return to the mics, sans guests, and somehow get into a discussion of various SFF listicles—partly because of Gary’s recent contribution to fivebooks.com of a list of five novels about science fiction. Why are such lists so appealing and so ubiquitous these days, and who are they for? By the time we're done, J…

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Episode 642: Premee Mohamed and The Butcher of the Forest 1:00:16

5M ago1:00:16

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This week Nebula and World Fantasy award winner, Premee Mohamed, joins Gary and Jonathan from somewhere in the wilds of Canada to discuss writing, reading, building a career, and her fabulous new novella, The Butcher of the Forest. We also discuss the projects Premee has planned for the rest of the year, including forthcoming new novel The Siege of…

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Episode 641: Kelly Link and the love of books 58:51

6M ago58:51

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For our second episode of 2024, we’re joined by the inimitable Kelly Link, whose forthcoming first novel The Book of Love is already receiving stellar advance reviews (including one from Gary in Locus). Kelly explains how the novel evolved, it connections to various genres from romance to supernatural horror, the importance of valuable encouragemen…

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Eating the Fantastic: Episode 217: Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan 1:22:50

6M ago1:22:50

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All round good guy Scott Edelman was at the recent World Fantasy Convention, and took Gary and Jonathan out for lunch and a chat. That chat became the latest episode of Eating the Fantastic, Scott's terrific podcast. If you're interested, you can hear the episode here.By Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe

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Episode 640: A new year begins. Shenanigans ensue? 54:16

6M ago54:16

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And just liked that, our end of year hiatus is over and the Coode Street Podcast is back! Gary and Jonathan return from their annual break and kick off a brand new year with discussions of recent news events in science fiction, how our thoughts about books and ideas change over time, 50th anniversaries, the delightfully happy news that Gary got mar…

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Episode 639: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide Roundtable 2023 1:16:59

7M ago1:16:59

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For the 2023 instalment of the Very Coode Street Gift Guide, we invited some old friends to share their recommendations of books read in 2023: Alix E. Harrow (whose very worthy Starling House was a favorite, officially excluded from discussion because of her participation in the episode), award-winning Locus reviewer Ian Mond, and distinguished nov…

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Episode 177: Jonathan Strahan – New Adventures in Space Opera 36:20

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Episode 657: Being Alvaro and Michael 1:05:14

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Episode 176: Tobias S. Buckell & Dave Klecha – Runes of Engagement 40:52

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Episode 175: Lynne Shaner – Journey to Everland Bay 37:22

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Episode 656: Stop us if you've heard this one before 58:44

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Episode 174: Adrian Tchaikovsky – Service Model 42:14

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Episode 655: Kaaron Warren and the Underhistory of things 55:02

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Episode 173: Ann Charles – Time Reaping in Deadwood 39:39

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Episode 654: Paolo Bacigalupi and the Road to Navola 1:15:51

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Episode 172: Brian Nelson – The Great Unmaking 41:46

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Episode 653: Lev Grossman and The Bright Sword 58:14

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Episode 652: Ellen Klages and the Ham in Jeopardy 19:42

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Episode 171: Samantha Mills – The Wings Upon Her Back 41:27

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Episode 170: Thomas R. Weaver – Artificial Wisdom 43:05

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Episode 651: Vajra Chandrasekera and The Saint of Bright Doors 57:10

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Episode 169: Sara Wolf – Heavenbreaker 40:42

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Episode 650: Tobi Ogundiran and the Guardian of the Gods 57:44

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Episode 168: Dan Flanigan – An American Tragedy 39:37

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Episode 649: Nghi Vo and The Brides of High Hill 55:54

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Episode 648: Genre, marketing, and more 1:04:46

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Episode 647: Oh no, not us again... 1:00:37

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Episode 646: Peter S. Beagle and a Life Filled With Story 1:00:37

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Episode 645: Jack Dann and Fifty Years of Wandering Stars 54:36

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Episode 644: Cozy books and a prickly writer 1:06:48

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Episode 643: All Time Top 5s 1:02:22

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Episode 642: Premee Mohamed and The Butcher of the Forest 1:00:16

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Episode 641: Kelly Link and the love of books 58:51

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Eating the Fantastic: Episode 217: Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan 1:22:50

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Episode 640: A new year begins. Shenanigans ensue? 54:16

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Episode 639: A Very Coode Street Gift Guide Roundtable 2023 1:16:59

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